Bayou bug hunters

In this Sept. 24, 2012, photo, Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, shows a Northern mole cricket he found as he collects bugs for their exhibits in Des Allemands, La. Some of the bugs are raised to exhibit later at the insectarium, while others are shipped to museums. Much of an insectarium's stock dies in a year or less, so the replenishment missions for local species are essential.

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In this Sept. 24, 2012, photo, Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden, holds a dragonfly in his mouth while collecting them for their exhibits, in Des Allemands, La. Lemann cooks and serves the dragonflies at the insectarium. "They taste like soft-shelled crab," he says.

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In this Sept. 24, 2012, photo, a Tersa sphinx moth rests on the hand of Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, as he and other employees collect bugs for their exhibits in Des Allemands, La.

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In this Sept. 24, 2012, photo, a stink bug rests on the hand of Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, as he and other employees collect bugs for their exhibits in Des Allemands, La.

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In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, photo, a Coneheaded katydid bites on the finger of Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, as he and other employees collect bugs for their exhibits in Des Allemands, La.

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In this Sept. 24, 2012, photo, Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, handles whirligig beetles after collecting them from the bayou for their exhibits, in Des Allemands, La.

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In this Sept. 24, 2012, photo, Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, scoops whirligig beetles into a net from an airboat as scientists collect bugs for their exhibits, in Des Allemands, La.

In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 photo, a dragonfly and thousands of other bugs are attracted to lights set up by Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium employees as they collect bugs for their exhibits in Des Allemands, La.

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In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, photo, Gordon Matherne checks for new bugs attracted to a sheet with two lights near the bayou with Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium employees as they collect bugs for their exhibits in Des Allemands, La.

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In this Sept. 24, 2012, photo, Zack Lemann, animal and visitor programs manager of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium, collects bugs near the bayou for their exhibits, in Des Allemands, La.